Antique Maps of Europe

EUROPE

An attractive map of the whole continent bearing the name of the publishers J. H. Colton & Co. No 172 William Street, New York. Hand coloured. 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Part of a description of The British Empire in English on verso. Good clean undamaged condition.

The Coltons were an important and successful family of American publishers in the 19th century.

GEOGRAOHIE DU MOYEN AGE PRINERALEMENT IXe ET Xe SIECLES

An engraved map of Europe in the Middle Ages. For European history the Middle Ages was from the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD to 1500 AD, This map appears to consider the period of 900 to 1000. Extends aouth to incude Arabia and India. Small inset map showing part of Iceland. Decorative title cartouche. Original early outline hand colouring. 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Manuscript numbering in right hand blank margin. Good condition.

From: Atlas Complete du Précis de la Géographie Universelle

EUROPE ANCIENNE

An engraved map of the continent in ancient times. Embellished with an uncoloured pictorial title cartouche with figures. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Atlas Complete du Précis de la Géographie Universelle

L’EUROPE APRES L’INVASION DE BARBARES....

A historical engraved map of Europe at the time of Barbarians. Pictorial title cartouche. 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Early outline hand colouring. Manuscript number 18 in wide right hand blank margin.

From: Atlas Complete du Précis de la Géographie Universelle

VINDELICIA RHAETIA ET NORICUM ANTIQUA

An engraved map of the region in ancient times. Publisher’s imprint dated 1801. 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Atlas Classica

EXPEDITIO HANNIBALIS POENORUM DUCIS

An engraved map of the region in ancient times. Dated 1803. 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Atlas Classica

CHART OF THE NORTH AND BALTIC SEAS

Interesting chart with three inset charts of the Harbour of Helegoland, Port of Revel and Harbour of St. Petersburg. 23 x 19 inches, 600 x 490 mm. Original outline hand colouring. Some light brown offsetting, otherwise good condition.

From: Thomson's New General Atlas

ILLYRICUM

A fine early map of this region. A province first established by the Romans in 9 a.d. The title and attribution to the geographer Johannes Sambucus (1531-1584) appear within a decorative cartouche dated 1572. 19 x 14 1/2 inches. Latin text on verso. Early hand colouring. Fine condition.

From: Theatrum

EUROPE ANCIENNE

An engraved map of the continent in ancient times. Embellished with an uncoloured pictorial title cartouche with figures. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Atlas Complete du Précis de la Géographie Universelle

EUROPA

An early engraved map of the continent by Girolama Ruscelli which follows the work of Giovanni d’Anania who published a similar map in Venice in 1582. 9 3/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Latin text on verso. Good clean crisp condition.

From: Ruscelli's Geographiae

SERIO-COMIC WAR MAP FRO THE YEAR 1877 BY F. W. ROSE

An interesting colour lithograph caricature map which shows the political situation in Europe in 1877. Published by G. W. Bacon & Co. This map became known as the ‘Octopus’ map with its striking feature of Russia being represented by a large brown octopus. One tentacle wounded in the Crimean War is curled up but the others stretch out grasping at the most accessible parts of Europe. Bulgaria is shown as a skull in reference to the terrible Turkish massacre of the Bulgarians in Batak. Italy is shown as a girl on roller-skates playing with a puppet of the Pope Other countries are portrayed as caricatured men and women showing their national characteristics. All together certainly a most curious map. 22 x 16 inches. Trimmed on the top and bottom and small side margins. Split down the centre of the map and as you will see from the verso photo this map was once kept by its owner pasted into the back of a book.

Reference: Cartographical Curiosities by Gillian Hill published by The British Library in 1978

TABULA ASIAE II

An engraved Ptolemaic map based upon a map by Giacomo Gastaldi. Printed by the Sessa family. It shows an area between and Black Sea and the Caspian Sea with part of Ukraine and Armenia. Some 8 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Traces of small binding holes in the bottom blank margin Matching single worm holes in the left and right blank side margins. Otherwise very nice clean crisp condition. Straight from the atlas so not not offered previously for sale as a single map.

From the sixth edition of Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy's Geografia edited and extended by Giuseppe Rosaccio published by the Heirs of Melchior Sessa in 1599.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY

A colour printed map of theregion. The name of the publishers W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London beneath. 12 x 9 1/8 inches. Original fold creases. Very small area of soiling in the bottom right hand corner otherwise good.

EUROPAE

An early engraved map of the continent embellished with a title cartouche and single sailing ship. 18 x 13 1/2 inches. Three small circular stains but otherwise the map is in good clean condition. There may have been a spllt in the centre fold but the binding strip has now been pasted down on verso onto the map. Uncoloured. Latin text on verso.

From: Theatrum